Circle8 Group, Inc. (CIRC) vs Mastech Digital, Inc (MHH)

Circle8 Group, Inc. and Mastech Digital, Inc are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Mastech Digital, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $76.6M against $24.1M — 3.2× the size. Circle8 Group, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mastech Digital, Inc trades at 68.9×. Circle8 Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 80.5% against −13.6%. Mastech Digital, Inc has the higher net margin (0.67% vs −18.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.85% vs −14.4%). Across the 18 metrics below, Mastech Digital, Inc leads on 11 and Circle8 Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CIRC MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m 68.87 23.57
P/S 0.02 0.44 0.28
P/B n/m 0.81 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.13 17.58
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.72 11.38
EV/Sales 0.39 0.26 0.34
Earnings yield (1,055.00%) 1.45% 0.15%
Free cash flow yield (143.78%) 7.61% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric CIRC MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 8.58% 28.21% 25.01%
Operating margin (7.80%) 0.44% 0.29%
Net margin (18.78%) 0.67% 0.04%
Free cash flow margin (2.91%) 3.36% 0.14%
Return on equity 682.76% 1.27% 2.93%
Return on assets (28.02%) 1.02% 0.07%
Return on invested capital (14.44%) 0.85% 0.32%

Growth

Metric CIRC MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 80.53% (13.57%) (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.65% (82.14%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 321.02% (0.28%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (42.70%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CIRC MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity (12.33) 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 0.39 4.27 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (0.74) (9.32) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric CIRC MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.47%
Payout ratio — — 0.50

Size

Metric CIRC MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 24.09m 76.62m 461.40m

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